This briefing was prepared for the Environmental Audit Committee. It reviews central government compliance with the mandatory sustainability reporting requirements for 2011-12 Annual Reports and Accounts, and sets the findings in the context of public and private sector reporting developments.
An NAO review of the Government’s strategy for cyber security indicates that, although at an early stage, activities are already beginning to deliver benefits.
Amyas Morse, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has refused to sign off fully the 2011-12 Civil Superannuation accounts.
The NAO has highlighted five risks to the value for money of some national infrastructure projects.
The NHS made a substantial amount of efficiency savings in 2011-12. These will need to be sustained and built on if savings targets are to be met.
Farm oversight activity does not deliver value for money for the taxpayer and continues to burden compliant farmers unnecessarily.
The NAO has underlined the success of the 2012 Games and stressed the importance of building on that success to deliver legacy benefits.
DWP is working to manage the introduction of the housing benefit reforms and has a critical role to play in anticipating adverse consequences.
The Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) are an audited set of accounts showing in one place the financial position of the whole public sector. However, the NAO considers that the picture is incomplete.
We publish the results of our investigation into the contracting out of language services in the justice system.
This paper draws together evidence on the current landscape of charity regulation and the charity sector more generally. It was prepared for the Public Administration Select Committee.
The National Audit Office has today given an update on the financial support provided by the Treasury to the UK banking sector – how much support has been provided, how much is still outstanding and how much it is costing the taxpayer.
The C&AG has qualified his audit opinion on the 2011-12 financial statements of the Young People’s Learning Agency and its sponsor department, the Department for Education.
The Comptroller and Auditor General has qualified his audit opinion on the 2011-12 financial statements of the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) because of irregular ex-gratia payments, totalling £51,000, made by the Agency to its staff.
HMRC’s progress in stabilising the PAYE service, its performance in managing tax debt; and its progress in tackling tax credit overpayment.
The Comptroller & Auditor General has given a qualified audit opinion on the 2011-12 accounts of the Skills Funding Agency in relation to how the Agency has accounted for further education colleges.
This report draws out good practice lessons from three local improvement projects. It has been produced jointly by the National Audit Office, Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation.
The £1.4 billion funding could result in 41,000 extra full-time equivalent private sector jobs but thousands more could have been created from the same resources.
The BBC has reduced its spending on support functions but in future it should plan for cuts by clearly defining the level of service it requires and what that should cost.
Better access to public information can improve accountability and service delivery. Government needs a firm grasp of whether that potential is being realised.